The whistleblower acted on behalf of the public’s right to know what is being done in its name “Pardon Daniel Hale.” These words hung in the air on a recent Saturday evening, projected onto several Washington, D.C. buildings, above the face of a courageous whistleblower facing ten years in prison. The artists aimed to inform the U.S. public about Daniel[Read More...]
Sunday should be more than interesting at 60 Minutes, when courageous whistle-blower Rick Bright exposes what he knows about the Trump regime's mishandling on the U.S. pandemic response. There's a little CBS video teaser above that's worth watching. The pandemic numbers continue getting worse as the worst of the American governors... drumroll... meet the clownish Brian Kemp of Georgia:... open wide.
To Señor Trumpanzee, any Republican civil servant who puts country before Trumpism is automatically a #NeverTrumper. He casts the aspersion on anyone who testifies to the facts, a way of targeting them for his moron followers and supporters. However, that isn't to say that there are no #NeverTrumpers.
So now we all think we know that the whistleblower thing was Trump pressing Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine, to find some dirt on Biden's lobbyist son. And maybe that's "all" it was; or maybe not. It's certainly bad enough-- despite Trump going from denying the whole thing as "fake news" to imbecilic protestations that the whistleblower is partisan.
Yesterday, in his Atlantic column, David Frum delved into a sordid piece of British history that led to the Founding Fathers including the power of impeachment in the Constitution. The recently restored Charles II of Great Britain, in need of money he couldn't get from Parliament, accepted bribes from the French Sun King, Louis XIV, in return for Dunkirk, then a British base on the coast of France (and for Charles' pledge to convert to Catholicism).
-by Skip KaltenheuserIt was a long hard slog to publish Lucifer's Banker. Had Brad Birkenfeld managed to get his book out say, a year or so earlier, we might not be staring at the political train wreck we are now. It might have changed the political landscape, perhaps the standard bearers. Maybe even elevated different issues for the last lap beyond the cursory checklist now fed us. But I’m glad it’s arrived.
Yesterday, Hillary had an OpEd in Policy.Mic, Here's What Millennials Have Taught Me.
James Comey, Hillary Clinton (source)by Gaius PubliusIt's going to be a while before the jury of informed comment returns a verdict regarding James Comey's pre-emptive declaration of "no prosecution" for Hillary Clinton. But let's see what a first look gets us.
